We have got to be able to trust each other, because we can not always trust the outside!!
In Hartford, Connecticut, In a peaceful call for justice, family members of two men shot by a city police detective in May of 2005 assembled in front of city hall last Thursday to reflect on a jury's decision this week to acquit the detective of manslaughter and assault charges.
The parents of Jashon Bryant, who died of two gunshot wounds to the head, and the mother of Brandon Henry, who was shot in the chest but survived, said they are still seeking justice the court system didn't provide. On Tuesday, a jury acquitted former Hartford police Det. Robert Lawlor of charges relating to Bryant's death. Lawlor told police he saw the 18-year-old Bryant with a gun on May 7, 2005, and thought Bryant was reaching for the firearm when he approached the car Bryant and Henry were in. No gun was found.
BLACK MEN STOP! CHAPTER TWO "THE OUTSIDE"
We have got to be able to trust each other, because we can not always trust the outside. Blacks are still under assault by the pressure of racism in our country. This evil continues to bear down on us, daily. While most Americans would like to believe, or pretend, it is a paragraph in the history books, it is still a painful reality in this 21st century, despite this country's decision to elect a black man for president, and the media's use of “post racial era” to describe this historic event.
Most obvious is the oppression from the nation's police forces, bearing down on blacks in just about every state in the union. Many members of these police departments lack any form of integrity. The police departments' methodology and structure provides little, if any, fairness or protection for us. Good cops protect bad cops, so the system is impossible. Even with the advent of video, some of these 'thug like' law enforcers, equipped with an organized gang mentality, weapons, and authority, are protected by police internal affairs departments. The courts provide protection for this madness. Of course, some of our own blacks help them." by Gail Smallwood, author BLACK MEN STOP! OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE FEBRUARY 2, 2010
Black men Stop!! Your community is not your enemy!
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Saturday, December 12th 2009 at 3:44PM
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